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queer harry, a founder and president of national birth equity collaborative. doctor julia, it's so nice to have you here today on a very serious topic. why are black women suffering the most pregnancy complications and maternal deaths? >> thank you so much, katie, for having me. so we know that the united states does not value birthing people, that do not value women, and as your last segment show, there are policies in the supreme court. we have created a structure that when you add both blackness, anti-blackness, and also a belief that women are not fully human, you come up with policies in hospitals and situations where providers are norris, and then we are more likely to die in childbirth. this is been consistent for the last 60 years. >> the numbers are showing, doctor joy, at that home uber's are becoming a common choice among black women due to reports of racial inequality from medical providers and physicians. in fact, in 2021, the cdc reported that home births increased 21% for black women,
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mortality rates of any so-called developed country. we know that in the united states of america black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth. native women twice as likely. rural women, one and a half times likely. >> this black maternal health week has marked with an extraordinary first ever cabinet meeting on the crisis, led by vice president kamala harris, which you saw there. no one is safe from the crisis, even black women with access to what should be the best here in america. as serena williams wrote, giving birth to my baby was a test for how loud and how often i would have to call out before i was finally heard. joining me now is the founder and president of the national birth equity collaborative, dr. joy perry. thank you so much for joining us. black women are three times more likely to die of causes related to childbirth than white women,
7 Resources for New and Expecting Black Mothers Black Maternal Health Week is every week—here are the resources expectant moms need to save. Getty Images/Cavan Images According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States, approximately 700 people die during pregnancy or in the year after. Another 50,000 women each year experience severe pregnancy complications. Black women are far more likely than White women to experience death during childbirth or severe pregnancy complications. Multiple factors contribute to these disparities, such as variation in quality healthcare, underlying chronic conditions and implicit bias. “America is reckoning with the many systemic factors that contribute to poor maternal outcomes for women and birthing people, especially those of color,” explains Brooke A. Baker, communications manager of Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA). She continues, “However, with the increasing threat of COVID-19, most do not understand how this also exacerbates the intersecting brutal hardships Black mothers face. The truth is: Black women are three times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women.”